Underworld figure attended CFMEU meeting after site assaults, royal commission told

A former CFMEU official testified that Mick Gatto, a known underworld figure, attended a meeting convened after the official and a colleague were seriously assaulted at a construction site. The testimony is the first from a union insider before the Big Build royal commission, which is probing integrity in major public infrastructure projects. The claim is unverified beyond the witness's account, and its significance lies in potential links between organized crime and union conduct.

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