00:01A sweeping search. Detectives emerged from the CFMEU's Brisbane headquarters after hours inside collecting evidence.
00:10What do you think about the investigations today?
00:13Police descended on the construction union's Bowen Hills offices as part of a major cross-border corruption probe.
00:19Officers raided properties on the Gold Coast in Logan and Victoria, seizing electronic devices and paperwork.
00:27Three people were arrested in Victoria with two men charged over unrelated matters.
00:34Top-up labour hire company director Kim Mellich was also taken into custody.
00:39Police allege her business bribed current Queensland CFMEU officials to influence their union duties.
00:47Does it relate to any contracts given out under your government?
00:51Look, I'll let the process run its way.
00:53A CFMEU spokesperson says the union is aware of the police investigation and has pledged to cooperate fully with detectives.
01:02The union's embattled construction arm has been under administration since 2024 in the wake of explosive allegations of criminal infiltration.
01:12A royal commission into the building industry is underway in Victoria, while in Queensland an ongoing inquiry into alleged CFMEU
01:20misconduct will resume public hearings next month.
01:23A lot of people have been under the plan for this event.
01:24A lot of people have been under the plan for this event because they are very close to this event.
01:25You
