Queensland LNP government launches inquiry into CFMEU state branch and its Labor ‘enablers’

Deputy premier likens investigation to 1980s Fitzgerald inquiry, accusing Labor of orchestrating protection racket' for union

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Queensland's Liberal National party government has invoked the inquiry that brought down decades-long conservative rule in the state as it vowed to pursue a Labor opposition that it described as the enabler" of violence within a union.

The premier, David Crisafulli, announced a landmark inquiry" into the state branch of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) on Sunday, which he described as the most powerful tool" at the government's disposal.

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