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<\/p>\nA CFMEU organiser urinated on a worksite floor to “make a point” about plumbing standards, a commission of inquiry into the Queensland branch of the union has heard.<\/p>\n
Timothy Ellis from JF Hull Holdings, the major contractor involved in the multi-billion-dollar Coomera Connector, detailed a series of incidents in which union officials accessed worksites without authorisation, refused to leave and disrupted works.<\/p>\n
He recalled one occasion in 2024 in which former CFMEU organiser Luke Gibson allegedly used a worksite toilet at Helensvale and “urinated on the floor” in front of two site managers and Electrical Trades Union [ETU] organiser, Stephen Bravo.<\/p>\n
“Mr Bravo came in with a valid permit that day from the ETU to query some of the electrical issues on site,” Mr Ellis said.<\/p>\n
“They were looking around the toilet area \u2026 Luke [Gibson] said: ‘That plug is meant to be connected to the sewage tank underneath the building’. He made a point of it by urinating on the floor.”<\/p>\n
He said Mr Gibson stated the plug “didn’t meet the plumbing code”.<\/p>\n
Mr Ellis said a cleaner had to be called in to clean the area.<\/p>\n
He told the hearing Mr Gibson repeatedly turned up unannounced at project offices, forcing the company to introduce extra safety measures.<\/p>\n
He described Mr Gibson’s conduct as “aggressive” and “unprofessional”, telling the inquiry he would “pace” around rooms, inspecting noticeboards and “causing disruption”.<\/p>\n
“I asked him to leave a couple of times \u2026 he just ignored me and made comments like, ‘I own this office’,” Mr Ellis said.<\/p>\n
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Mr Ellis said Mr Gibson often warned the Coomera Connector would become “Cross River Rail 2.0” which faced years of industrial turmoil.<\/p>\n
“I took it to mean that we would have ongoing disruptions for the rest of the project \u2014 we were a target,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Gibson resigned from the CFMEU in late 2024.<\/p>\n
Police told not to intervene in disputes, inquiry told<\/p>\n
The inquiry also heard allegations the Queensland Police Union instructed officers not to intervene in worksite disputes.<\/p>\n
Mr Ellis referenced a 2017 incident at a worksite for the Logan Motorway enhancement project in which several CFMEU officials unlawfully accessed the site and refused to leave.<\/p>\n
Police were called but declined to intervene, he said.<\/p>\n
“The QPS officer advised me at the time that it wasn’t a police matter,” Mr Ellis said.<\/p>\n
“One of the police officers had \u2026 been told by the police union not to get involved in a dispute because it was a union issue and they were backing the union.”<\/p>\n
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The inquiry heard Queensland police were called to the incident but declined to intervene. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)<\/p>\n
The inquiry has previously heard a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was allegedly signed between the CFMEU and a Queensland police “association”<\/a>.<\/p>\n Geoffrey Watson SC, the author of a scathing report into the union that triggered the inquiry, alleged he had seen a copy of the memorandum during his investigation.<\/p>\n He said it prevented officers from intervening in industrial disputes, even when they turned violent.<\/p>\n Union president Shane Prior has previously labelled the claims “offensive and outrageous”, saying he was not aware of the existence of the MOU.<\/p>\n ‘I’ve got the premier’s phone number’<\/p>\n
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