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Don Johnson, who held roles at CPB until early this year – including as executive general manager from 2018, along with chief operating officer from 2022 – appeared before the inquiry on Thursday.

State role ‘swayed the negotiating balance’ in Cross River Rail talks

Former CPB executive Don Johnson also told a Queensland inquiry the contractor “had to” hire CFMEU safety reps to end the union’s 2023 project lockdown.

  • Matt Dennien

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Cross River Rail Delivery Authority chief executive Graeme Newton gave during his day-and-a-half in the Queensland CFMEU inquiry witness box this week.

How the CFMEU tried to, and did, influence Qld’s biggest rail project

Cross River Rail boss Graeme Newton has told a state inquiry of the union’s extensive pressure campaign, including the early sidelining of a key internal critic.

  • Matt Dennien
Precision Group is planning a new tower behind the Victory Hotel in Brisbane.

Last drinks for the beer garden: 51-storey tower planned for Victory Hotel

Owners of Brisbane’s historic Victory Hotel have revealed plans for a slender 51-storey tower to rise above the pub, transforming its popular beer garden site.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Albert Street Cross River Rail Station has a mezzanine level 25 metres below the surface, a platform 32 metres deep, and is rose-gold themed.

Inside Cross River Rail’s latest tunnel breakthrough

Construction for the major Brisbane rail project has a finish line, but as some parts of the build open next year, its finished stations will sit unused until 2029.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Cross River Rail is the single biggest piece of infrastructure under construction in Queensland.

Worker shortfall threatens Queensland’s infrastructure pipeline

A new report paints a grim picture of the state’s readiness to deliver Brisbane 2032, with tens of thousands more workers needed next year.

  • Cameron Atfield
Workers at Roma Street welcome the first train through Brisbane’s Cross River Rail last year.

Regulator won’t wear blame for Cross River Rail delay

Australia’s rail regulator has distanced itself from Transport Minister’s claims it would need two years to sign off on Cross River Rail, after yet another delay.

  • Cameron Atfield
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The priority development area as shown on a map of Woolloongabba in Brisbane.

Thousands of extra homes to be built in plan to transform inner Brisbane suburbs

Up to 16,000 new homes will be permitted within the 106-hectare area, taking in parts of four suburbs.

  • William Davis
A CFMEU picket line outside the Cross River Rail site at Roma Street last year.

Women and kids victimised in Queensland CFMEU’s ‘culture of violence’

In an incident at a Cross River Rail site, an organiser from a rival union was forced into oncoming traffic and issued threats concerning his young family.

  • Rosanna Ryan
The upgraded Exhibition station.

‘Game-changer’: Construction finishes on upgraded Exhibition station

The station will open from Wednesday, but only for major events, such as the Ekka and this week’s caravan show, until Cross River Rail opens in 2029.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Construction of the new Roma Street Cross River Rail Station in July. Brisbane Subway passengers would change platforms to access these lines.

Roma Street underground station site to open to visitor tours

The exclusive Brisbane Open House previews, 30 metres down, come four years ahead of the Cross River Rail’s official opening.

  • Nick Dent