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Kat Wong

Doubt cast over 'crude' plan to ban CFMEU from project

A legal expert has questioned Peter Dutton's plan to ban the CFMEU from a major road project. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Questions are being raised about the legality and viability of a proposal to ban the embattled construction union from a multi-billion-dollar highway project.

After Prime Minister Anthony Albanese committed $7.2 billion to improve the safety of Queensland's longest highway, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said a coalition government would match the pledge if the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) was barred from the project.

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