<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A commission of inquiry into the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/unions" rel="" target="" title="CFMEU "><span>CFMEU</span></a><span> will officially get under way, compelling witnesses to give evidence about abuse and violence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes as one former Labor minister revealed she was told to bolster her security because of perceived threats from within the union.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The CFMEU was always vocal during Labor's term in office, including on the day then-industrial relations minister Grace Grace introduced the Workers' Compensation Bill in 2019.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/talisman-sabre-military-exercises-australia-china-monitoring/5932c502-9125-4cb6-af94-09551067b767"><strong><span>China expected to spy on major Australian military exercises</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Parliament's security locked their gates during a protest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Well my relationship was tense at some points when we would not, obviously, instigate some of the requests that they were after," Grace said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former minister today revealed she was the MP referenced in the recent CFMEU administrator's report as the one who was advised by Queensland Police to bolster her personal security because of the perceived threats from within the union.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/cfmeu-inquiry-labor-minister-was-told-to-bolder-security-over-union-threats/c85f5b53-ecd9-4cd7-86df-8ee6fc449cd9" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was myself, I'm happy to say that. It was when we were putting the CFMEU into administration. I had never contemplated it in the past," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-nowra-man-alleged-axe-assault-police-chase/1c3adb1c-626b-40a4-b975-d071a5324845"><strong><span>Man allegedly assaults woman with axe, runs her over with own car</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former ministers are among those who could be called to give evidence of their experiences with the union now that a commission of inquiry has been called.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said: "The LNP will purge the underbelly of the CMEU and its enablers in Queensland."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cfmeu-court-updates-high-court-dismisses-union-challenge-to-government-takeover/2c43bc74-6180-4222-832e-5c4ca9c7d7e5" rel="" target="" title="High Court dismisses CFMEU challenge to government takeover"><strong><span>High Court dismisses CFMEU challenge to government takeover</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's only been days since the release of the bombshell administrator's report into the CFMEU, finding violence, abuse and misogyny went unchecked within the Queensland branch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Now a royal commission-style inquiry will look at those responsible and those who should have stopped them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People must be held accountable for enabling the actions of the CFMEU in the last 10 years," Bleijie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>What hasn't been revealed are the terms of reference, exactly when it will start and how much it will cost taxpayers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier David Crisafulli has indicated initial work will begin within weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want to appoint a commissioner as soon as possible, and it's my desire that we start this next month," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The opposition says it welcomes the inquiry.</span></div></div>