CFMEU inquiry LIVE updates: Union misconduct claims to be examined as inquiry continues in Queensland

Proceedings wrapped up on day one of the inquiry after video footage was shown of an incident detailed in the Watson report of AWU officials being blocked by CFMEU counterparts from entering a Brisbane Metro site.

Geoffrey Watson SC appearing at the inquiry on Tuesday.Credit: News Corp Australia

Among the logistical matters closing the hearing, counsel assisting Mark Costello KC has said he expected to continue with evidence from CFMEU administration investigator Geoffrey Watson SC for most of today’s hearing.

The union’s administrator, Mark Irving KC, is then expected to be called as a witness for part of the day tomorrow.

That’s left it unclear if the inquiry will be able to hear evidence from any other anticipated witnesses this week.

If you were following yesterday’s hearings on the live stream, you would have seen these three men:

• Commissioner Stuart Wood KC, a prominent conservative Melbourne barrister who was hand-picked to lead the inquiry by Queensland’s deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie.

Commissioner Stuart Wood during day one of the inquiry’s hearings from witnesses.Credit: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

• CFMEU investigator Geoffrey Watson SC – an anti-corruption expert brought in to investigate allegations of violence in the Queensland operations of the CFMEU.
• Counsel assisting the inquiry, Mark Costello KC – a Victorian silk who previously worked in a counsel assisting role on the Financial Services Royal Commission.

For a refresher on the backgrounds of Watson, Wood, and some others we’re likely to hear from (or about) this week, read Cameron Atfield’s explainer: Who’s who at the CFMEU inquiry.