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Queensland's former top cop Steve Gollschewski dies aged 67 (opens the original)
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Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has died aged 67. Until his retirement in early 2026, the career cop was the state's most experienced officer, serving nearly five decades on the frontline. He became a well-known figure during the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing border closures, airport security and hotel quarantine operations. As the former state disaster coordinator, Mr Gollschewski also steered the policing response to several cyclones, floods and bushfires. In April 202
Stalking claims, vehicle trackers and dog poison dominate another week of CFMEU inquiry (opens the original)
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Queensland's CFMEU inquiry this week heard chilling allegations of a family stalked, hidden vehicle trackers planted and family pets being poisoned. The man previously tasked with cleaning up the CFMEU returned to the witness box and laid bare an uncomfortable reality of trying to purge criminality from an industry he says is "infected" by it. Former CFMEU administrator Mark Irving KC said tougher industry-wide regulation was needed to stamp out the organised crime from the union. Queensland's C
Public servant tells Qld CFMEU inquiry union bosses 'stalked' her children (opens the original)
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A high-ranking public servant says the Queensland CFMEU tracked the whereabouts and movements of her children, as part of a "creepy" and "disturbing" intimidation campaign. Amanda Yeates, a former TMR official, became emotional while giving evidence at Queensland's commission of inquiry into alleged union misconduct today. She detailed a series of "frightening" comments made by ousted CFMEU deputy leader Jade Ingham about her children between March and May 2022. A high-ranking former Queensland
CFMEU forced to deal with organised crime-linked companies, inquiry told (opens the original)
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A former CFMEU administrator has been questioned about why the union entered an agreement with a Victorian company associated with organised crime last month. Mark Irving KC told the inquiry the CFMEU sometimes had "no choice" but to engage with employers linked to organised crime, arguing that cutting ties could leave members unprotected. The inquiry returns tomorrow before the next block of hearings begin in October. The CFMEU has "no choice" but to engage with companies linked to organised cr
Mob rule and underworld links discussed in extended CFMEU inquiry (opens the original)
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During another consequential week of Queensland's CFMEU inquiry, Commissioner Stuart Wood KC delivered one of his strongest rebukes yet. He accused police of allowing "mob rule" to prevail during aggressive union disputes on a major Brisbane infrastructure project. Commissioner Wood went further still, questioning whether officers understood — or were permitted to perform — their most basic duty to "enforce the law". Every method, every note and every conclusion underpinning Geoffrey Watson SC's
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