Parliament blog: CFMEU incident dominates Question Time

The Premier has been asked whether MPs who are members of the militant CFMEU will resign from the union during a fiery Question Time dominated by an incident which saw the union shut down a Brisbane CBD government building during a protest last week. REVISIT PARLI BLOG

The Opposition has asked the Premier whether she will urge MPs who are members of the militant CFMEU to resign from it in a fiery question time dominated by an incident which saw the union shut down a Brisbane CBD government building during a protest last week. 

Frontbencher Fiona Simpson asked the Premier whether she would ask MPs Brittany Lauga and Chris Whiting to resign from the CFMEU.

Ms Palaszczuk hit back, saying one of the reasons the LNP was still in opposition was because of its "lack of consultation" with a wide range of sectors, while Deputy Opposition Leader Jarrod Bleijie interjected, saying the CFMEU were "thugs."

Opposition transport spokesman Steve Minnikin asked Transport Minister Mark Bailey why he hadn't initially acknowledged he was scheduled to attend the event that the CFMEU members stormed.

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