Public hearings 6-8 October 2026



The sixteenth block of public hearings for the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU and Misconduct in the Construction Industry continues.

Hearings are due to be held at Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Viewers are reminded that all livestreamed hearings remain subject to any order to prohibit the publication of evidence made by the Commissioner, and that any contravention of such an order may result in prosecution. There is also a delay in the stream in the event of non-publication orders.

It is envisaged the daily schedule will be as follows:

Session One: 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Session Two: 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Session Three: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Full recordings, exhibits and transcripts are published when available.


6 October 2026

A full recording of the day's proceedings will appear here.

SLMT-1 - Witness Statement of Samantha Leigh Margaret Taylor, 9 December 2025, 12 pages, 75 paragraphs (PDF, 1.1 MB)

SDL-1 - Witness Statement of Sky Lewis, 10 September 2026, 10 pages, 45 paragraphs, with 3 digital annexures (PDF, 2.3 MB)

SLD-01 (Part 2) -  Witness Statement of Sky Davina Lewis (YouTube)

SLD-01 (Part 3) - Witness Statement of Sky Davina Lewis

CRR-7 - Video of Mr Tim Carlton of Dutton Park Brawl 1 May 2024 (YouTube)

CRR Video 2/SL-1 - SL-1 of SDL-1 (YouTube)

CRR-8 - Video footage of Dutton Park Brawl, 1 May 2024 (YouTube)

SMT-1 - Witness Statement of Soane Tuakalau, 10 September 2026, 39 paragraphs, 10 pages (PDF, 2.0 MB)

CRR-9 - Video footage of Dutton Park Brawl, 1 May 2024 (YouTube)

CRR-10 - Video footage of Dutton Park Brawl, 1 May 2024, showing Mr Fou Ah Lam crossing picket line (YouTube)

CRR-11/FAL-1 - CCTV footage of Assault of Mr Fou Ah Lam, 1 August 2024 (YouTube)

KTM-1 - Witness Statement of Kayne Tex MacDonald 16 September 2026, 2 pages, 16 paragraphs, with 1 digital annexure (PDF, 163.4 KB)

KM-1​ (YouTube)

RVA-1 - Witness Statement of Raoul Van Aardt, 15 September 2026, 46 paragraphs, 6 pages, as amended by the witness in the witness box on 6 October 2026 at paragraph 31 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
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CRR-12 - Video footage of workers gathering on the overpass at Dutton Park construction site, 1 May 2024

BPM-1 - Witness Statement of Benjamin Paul Millard,15 September 2026, 60 paragraphs, 6 pages, with 10 annexures, including 4 digital annexures
(PDF, 5.4 MB)

BPM-1 (Part 2) - Witness statement of Benjamin Millard - 15 September 2026 (YouTube)

BPM-1 (Part 3) - Witness Statement of Benjamin Millard - 15 September 2026 (YouTube)

BPM-1 (Part 4) - Witness Statement of Benjamin Millard - 15 September 2026 (YouTube)

BPM-1 (Part 5) - Witness Statement of Benjamin Millard - 15 September 2026 (YouTube)

Day one, Public Hearing Block 16 Transcript - 6 October 2026 (PDF, 550.0 KB)

7 October 2026

A full recording of the day's proceedings will appear here.

MTP-1 - Witness Statement of Matthew Papworth, 20 April 2026, 126 paragraphs, 11 pages, with 34 annexures (PDF, 34.7 MB)

MP-15(a)​ (YouTube)

​​MP-15(b)​ (YouTube)

MP-15(c)​ (YouTube)

MP-15(d)​​ (YouTube)

MP-15(e) (YouTube)

MP-15(f)  (YouTube)

MP-15(g) (YouTube)

​MP-15(h) (YouTube)​

​​MP-15(i)​ (YouTube)

MP-15(j) (OGG, 5.1 KB)

MP-16 (YouTube)

MP-17 (YouTube)

CRR-13 - Bundle 5, Cross River Rail case study, comprising 139 pages of extracts of cases and legislation, media reports and graphical ID of persons present at the Cross River Rail project sites on 30 April and 1 May 2024 (PDF, 11.9 MB)

MBR-1 - Witness Statement of Mark Benedict Raguse, 30 September 2026, 97 paragraphs, 10 pages, including 9 annexures (PDF, 13.3 MB)

MR-4 (YouTube)

SLS-2 (YouTube)

JTD-1 - Witness Statement of James Timothy Downie, 29 September 2026, 65 paragraph, 7 pages, as amended on 7 October 2026 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

JTD-1 (YouTube)

​​JTD-2​​ (YouTube)
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JTD-3 (YouTube)

​​JTD-4​​​​ ​(YouTube)

​​JTD-5​​ (YouTube)

KAN-1 - Witness Statement of Kurt Adam Neumann, 1 October 2026, 41 paragraphs, 5 pages (PDF, 1.1 MB)

JPW-1 - Witness Statement of Joseph Paul Wallace, 8 pages, 62 paragraphs, 10 September 2026, with 9 annexures (PDF, 7.3 MB)

TLC-1 - Witness Statement of Timothy Luke Carlton, 17 September 2026, 10 pages, 79 paragraphs, as amended on 7 October 2026 at paragraphs 30 and 79 (PDF, 5.9 MB)

POB-1 - Five photographs from the Unity WhatsApp group of events at Dutton Park site, 30 April to 3 May 2024 (PDF, 3.6 MB)

COG-5 - Biannual report to Parliament from Michael Crosby, administrator of the CFMEU, provided under cover of letter 24 August 2026 to the Honourable Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations   (PDF, 313.8 KB)

Day two, Public Hearing Block 16 Transcript - 7 October 2026
(PDF, 549.1 KB)

8 October 2026

A full recording of the day's proceedings will appear here.

PJC-1 - Witness Statement of Peter Joseph Cullen, 2 October 2026, 9 pages, 74 paragraphs, with 10 annexures, with paragraphs 37 to 44 and 47 to 49 of the witness statement redacted, annexures, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 redacted (PDF, 19.6 MB)

SXR-1 - Witness Statement of Shane Rasmussen, 2 October 2026, 95 paragraphs, with paragraphs 20 to 42  redacted and paragraphs 84 to 91 redacted, and with 2 annexures (PDF, 5.8 MB)

TJP-1 - Witness Statement of Travers Jamey Purvis, 29 September 2026, 5 pages, 49 paragraphs with 1 annexure   (PDF, 2.1 MB)

RJM-1 - Witness Statement of Robert John McPherson, 21 September 2026, 12 pages, 107 paragraphs, with paragraphs 74 to 77 and 100 to 102 redacted (PDF, 634.6 KB)

RJM-2 - Two pages of contemporaneous notes of Robert McPherson, 30 October 2018, regarding discussion with Matthew Martyn-Jones (PDF, 455.4 KB)

PDB-1 - Witness Statement of Peter Damian Bennett, 2 October 2026, 11 pages, 113 paragraphs with 1 annexure, with redactions at paragraphs 24 to 25, part of paragraph 26, 27 to 35, 38 to 49 and paragraphs 101 to 110 (PDF, 4.3 MB)

JDA-1 -Witness Statement of Jessica Dalauidao Allam, 23 September 2026, seven pages, 35 paragraphs, with four annexures as amended on 8 October 226 by Ms Allam in the witness box at paragraph 17 (PDF, 31.4 MB)

Day three, Public Hearing Block 16 Transcript - 8 October 2026
(PDF, 510.8 KB)

Last updated: October 2026