'Aggressive': union accused of disrupting major project

Union action at a transport project cost more than half a billion dollars, a construction firm says. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Queensland's largest public transport project has been at the centre of an "aggressive, disruptive and misleading" industrial campaign by a rogue union, a commission of inquiry has heard.

A leading construction company says CFMEU‑driven disruption wiped out about 55 per cent of productivity on key parts of Brisbane's Cross River Rail, adding roughly $580 million to its costs on internal estimates.