Federal Court grants injunction stopping CFMEU blocking access Cross River Rail sites

An urgent injunction has been granted by the Federal Court overnight, stopping a large operation national from blocking workers trying to entree to Brisbane’s Cross River Rail worksites, pursuing days of workplace action.

The contractor down the $6.2 cardinal project, CPB Contractors, applied for an urgent injunction connected Wednesday successful the Federal Court.

Striking CFMEU members, who enactment connected the Albert Street Cross River Rail operation site, clasp signs extracurricular the tract this week.Credit: Dan Peled

The tribunal enactment comes aft CFMEU members this week walked disconnected CRR sites, 1 of Queensland’s largest infrastructure projects, forming picket lines and protesting implicit an ongoing quality with CPB.

Footage besides emerged of CFMEU members physically preventing different idiosyncratic from entering the CRR tract successful Annerley.

Justice Darryl Rangiah granted the injunction precocious that evening, ordering the CFMEU was prohibited from physically obstructing oregon impeding the introduction to the assorted operation sites, oregon abusing, threatening, harassing oregon intimidating immoderate idiosyncratic entering oregon leaving a CRR site.

Rangiah’s bid besides prohibited aiding, abetting, counselling oregon inducing immoderate idiosyncratic to prosecute successful that conduct.

The lawsuit was scheduled to beryllium heard again adjacent week, with the national to notify the tribunal if it intended to question to discharge the orders.

Late yesterday, a CPB spokeswoman said the contractor stood steadfast against “any unlawful tactics utilized to intimidate workers and transportation partners supporting this indispensable infrastructure task for Queensland communities”.

“Today, CPB Contractors applied to the Federal Court for an urgent injunction against the CFMEU successful effect to intimidation tactics towards radical moving connected the Cross River Rail project,” she said.

“As always, CPB Contractors volition not tolerate acts of intimidation towards our radical oregon immoderate workers connected our operation sites.

“The information and wellbeing of each our workers connected Cross River Rail and each CPB Contractors’ task is our highest priority.”

In parliament, Premier Steven Miles said the quality was a substance for the employer, and the national nether the national Fair Work Act.

“But tin I accidental this successful wide terms, that … bullying and unit and intimidation should ne'er beryllium tolerated successful immoderate workplace, whether it is national related oregon not,” Miles said.

“And I volition accidental that and enactment that successful the strongest imaginable terms.”

The CFMEU has been contacted for comment.

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