Premier David Crisafulli sidestepped questions about the resignation of four lawyers from the commission of inquiry into CFMEU corruption, referring to commissioner Stuart Wood, KC, as having “personal challenges”.

This masthead revealed last week the highly anticipated inquiry had suffered a significant setback after veteran senior silk Liam Kelly, KC, and three junior barristers resigned amid concerns about its operations.

Kelly was named just weeks ago as the counsel assisting the commissioner , and his resignation threatens to upend the inquiry called by the conservative Queensland government . It also risks undermining the federal opposition’s plans to use the inquiry to heap pressure on the Albanese government over its failure to rid the nation’s construction sector of corru

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