Report on Queensland CFMEU referred to police after ‘threats of violence, intimidation, misogyny’ alleged

According to the report into the Queensland CFMEU, much of the alleged abuse was gendered, including the routine use of the word ‘cunt’ to women. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The findings of an investigation commissioned by the administrator of the Queensland branch of the CFMEU, which found the union “embraced a culture which encouraged and celebrated the use of threats of violence, intimidation, misogyny and bullying”, have been referred to the police.

The report, titled Violence in the Queensland CFMEU, was conducted by Centre for Public Integrity senior counsel Geoffrey Watson. It was released on Wednesday night.