No review of BMD stadium contract after bikie link airing: Bleijie
Queensland’s deputy premier says while an alleged 2024 bikie standover plot implicating the contractor was wrong, it showed business ‘desperation’ with the CFMEU.
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has refused to review a contract awarded to BMD, a developer accused of hiring a security company linked to the Comancheros bikie gang in 2024. The Queensland government appointed BMD to work on early works at Victoria Park, the site of Brisbane's future Olympic and Paralympic Games stadium, in July.
Bleijie stated he was unaware of the allegations when the contract was awarded. The construction union, CFMEU, has called the alleged conduct "morally repugnant." The CFMEU administrator, Michael Crosby, criticized BMD as the only company awarded an Olympics contract. Bleijie defended his decision, stating he did not award the contract and that the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA) did.
He also refused to comment on whether his party should return the $22,000 BMD donated to the Queensland LNP this year. The inquiry heard allegations of death threats against a worker at Brisbane's Centenary Bridge site in 2024, with one alleged attacker threatening to "f***en burn your house down" and "kill your kids brother."
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