{
  "id": 19575238,
  "title": "Labor apologises after CFMEU inquiry finds construction policy drove up costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/labor-apologises-after-cfmeu-inquiry-finds-construction-policy-drove",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T00:19:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/qld-cfmeu-inquiry-report-response/107376800"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Labor leader Steven Miles has apologized for the Queensland Labor Party's Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC) policy, which a CFMEU inquiry found led to inflated costs on three major taxpayer-funded projects. The CFMEU inquiry commissioner, Stuart Wood KC, has called for urgent changes in the state's construction industry, describing BPIC as \"damaging\" and finding it drove up construction costs by at least 20% across the three projects examined. The inquiry also found the policy left the door open to CFMEU misuse and warned of a \"pressing need for reform\" due to extensive evidence of alleged union misconduct and cost blowouts on major projects.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}