Union's Hit List: Inside Queensland's Safety Scandal

0:00A commission probing the Queensland branch of the CFMEU heard claims that the Union kept a hit list of workplace safety inspectors they wanted gone from the job. Senior Inspector David Capilletti said this regulatory capture kicked in fast after Anastasia Palace chuk took power in 2015, turning. Workplace health and safety, Queensland, into a puppet for the Union's demands. Inspectors got micro-managed hard, losing the freedom to enforce rules their way. Deputy pointed to former director Helen Burgess as the main link, saying she pushed for outcomes favoring the CFMEU even if it bent the law. Refuse, and you get singled out or targeted on that list for pushing back on illegal side entries. New exec Serena Wise, starting in October 2023, found the bias right away. Union reps calling straight to top bosses like deputy. Director General Peter McKay over entry disputes. She tried rerouting them to a hotline, but got blocked into the LNP1 power in late 2024,

1:03forcing the change. Inspectors even issued unsafe work orders against their own office to dodge a union official filming them on sites and blasting it online. Wise also flagged underclaric conflicts, like Burgess's ties to a CFMEU delegate, whose son she hired. Things have cleaned up in the last year or so, with Wise saying the culture is now more impartial. McKays up next to testify, so we'll see if this sheds more light on how deep the unions grip win. From your city, powered by AI, this is Sydney News Today, I'm Corrin with the story.