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Barristers bicker as Mick Gatto and gangland figures discussed at CFMEU inquiry
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Ciara Jones
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A legal inquiry into the CFMEU union in Australia has seen heated exchanges between barrister Geoffrey Watson and legal representatives for firms linked to underworld figure Mick Gatto. Watson maintains his findings regarding corruption and gangland infiltration within the union's Victorian division.
Link copied Share Share article A top silk who investigated the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has refused to withdraw claims that a notorious Melbourne gangland figure controls a network of labour-hire companies, under tense cross-examination at a Queensland inquiry.
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