Unions chief says industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood KC is ‘very well experienced’ but queries whether he may bring ‘personal biases’ to the role
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The lawyer leading a commission of inquiry into Queensland’s CFMEU was a former member of the Liberal party and acted for businesses, raising questions about his impartiality, according to the state’s union movement.
Deputy premier and industrial relations minister Jarrod Bleijie announced on Friday that Stuart Wood AM KC, an industrial relations lawyer of 30 years experience who has worked in Victoria and Queensland, would be the inquiry’s commissioner.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/01/impartiality-concerns-raised-as-lnp-appoints-former-liberal-party-member-to-lead-queensland-cfmeu-inquiry
Author : Andrew Messenger
Publish date : 2025-08-01 06:49:00
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